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Shkruar nga PamfletiThe perpetrators struck with cinematic precision, smashing display cases with a portable wheelbarrow and disappearing with jewelry of untold value, while hundreds of visitors continued to view the museum.
The inconceivable audacity of stealing the most valuable item from the world's most famous museum, during the day and during its normal opening hours, has made headlines around the world.
The astonishing simplicity of the method, an elevator, a common wheel for shop windows, the speed and precision, which testify to excellent preparation and practice, has made surveillance and security systems call the shots.
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— BFMTV (@BFMTV) October 19, 2025
With these ingredients, the recipe for robbing the Louvre, and especially the Apollo Hall, is close to perfection.
In Netflix terms, the theft of a number of priceless jewels could be compared to Casa de Papel, at least in terms of the meticulous study and execution of the plan. And for fans of the classic film comedy, the authors' success was not only the incredible looting of the stolen goods (even if they did not capture the famous "Régent", the giant 140-carat diamond), but also the humiliation of the protocols for storing treasures in the Louvre museum, reminiscent of the adventures of the Pink Panther and Inspector Clouseau.
While the French Ministry of Culture released photos of 8 stolen masterpieces, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, confidently declared that the thieves would be arrested immediately and the stolen items would be returned to their place in the Louvre's display cases.
However, one of the main questions concerns the fate of the stolen jewels, given that they are so distinctive that they could not have ended up on the illegal market for museum objects. The order scenario seems much more plausible. Cinematic, admittedly, but it would be much simpler to assign someone to the Louvre robbers to remove specific jewels, rather than waiting for them to be bought later.
If, therefore, the robbers and the exhibits they removed from the famous Parisian museum are transferred directly to the collection of the organizer of the robbery, then they will disappear from the public eye for an indefinite period of time - or, perhaps, forever.
Within just 7 minutes of the clock and while their movements were recorded by closed-circuit security cameras, two hooded thieves penetrated the display cases by cutting them with a portable rechargeable wheel and fled with two other accomplices, riding a scooter. For their invasion and exit from the Apollo Hall, the perpetrators followed the same route, using a lifting machine, which was placed on the side of the Seine.
In fact, among the stolen goods was a ninth item, a diamond-encrusted crown, which the robbers left behind - for some unknown reason - along with their tools, intercom equipment, etc.
The treasure stolen from the Louvre includes 1) the tiara from the jewelry set of Queen Maria Amalia and Queen Hortense, 2) a necklace decorated with sapphires, 3) an earring, also with sapphires, 4) the emerald necklace from the jewelry set of Empress Maria Louise that carried 32 emeralds and 1,138 diamonds, 5) a pair of emerald earrings from the jewelry set of Maria Louise, 6) a brooch, known as the "estuary", 7) the tiara of Empress Eugenie and 8) the bow brooch of Empress Eugenie with 2,634 diamonds, for the purchase of which the Louvre had paid 6.72 million euros to a private collector in 2008.
Stolen jewels:
Diadem from the jewelry set of Queen Maria Amalia and Queen Hortense:
Necklace from the sapphire set of Queen Maria Amalia and Queen Hortense:
Earrings from the sapphire set of Queen Maria Amalia and Queen Hortense:
The characteristic blue color in this set is due to Ceylon sapphires. Emerald necklace from the jewelry set of Empress Maria Louise:
The necklace has 32 emeralds and 1,138 diamonds.
A pair of emerald earrings from Maria Luisa's jewelry set:
Brooch known as a reliquary brooch:
Empress Eugenie's Tiara:
Empress Eugenia's bow brooch:
The unique bow brooch has 2,634 diamonds and was purchased by the Louvre Museum for 6.72 million euros. Before its purchase in 2008, it was in a private collection in the United States.
The thieves broke into two display cases: One contained the so-called "Napoleon jewels" and the other "jewels of French rulers." The abandoned object outside the museum was the crown of Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, who was ruler of France from 1852 to 1870. The crown in question holds 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds and is believed to have been damaged during the theft.
Empress Eugenie's crown was found outside the museum:
DIRECT | According to our information, one of the jewels stolen from the Louvre was found outside the museum
— Le Parisien (@le_Parisien) October 19, 2025
and the crown of Empress Eugénie was broken
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The Louvre Museum, with 30,000 visitors a day, has remained closed since Sunday morning, when it was evacuated after the theft was discovered./ Pamphlet
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